penetrative vs searching

penetrative

adj
  • That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating. 

  • That can penetrate opposition defences. 

  • Pertaining to sexual activity involving penetration by the penis. 

  • Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating. 

searching

adj
  • Looking over closely; penetrating; severe. 

  • Thorough. 

noun
  • search; hunt 

How often have the words penetrative and searching occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )